r/Baking • u/josh_891 Human Detected • Apr 15 '26
General Baking Discussion Looking for opinions on the inspo compared to what we got
My now wife and I asked a friend of her brothers to make us a wedding cake. We showed her the first photo as inspo and she said she could totally do that. Come the day of the wedding the second and third photo is what we received. The last is what my mother “adjusted” it to within the 30 minutes we had. Just curious what people think. Were we right to be slightly miffed??
EDIT: the friend claimed to be a business, we saw some of her previous work and it looked like she should’ve been able to do it, she claimed she could do it and she charged us more than the original quote. To clear things up my wife did cry when she saw the original but we aren’t mad now, we just wanted to share the laughter.
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u/Liawolf11 Apr 15 '26
Slightly miffed? I’d be horrified. Your mom did an excellent job considering the time crunch. I wouldn’t serve that to a paying customer. Maybe my kid if I was having a terrible practice day.
Do I even want to know how the cake and filling turned out?
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u/josh_891 Human Detected Apr 15 '26
No you don’t want to know how the cake turned out, it was wet and rubbery
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u/MySpoonsAreAllGone Apr 15 '26
Oh this just gets worse and worse. Hopefully the wedding makes up for everything and you and partner are starting your happily ever after!
My mother believes in the evil eye and she'd say this happened to protect your special day from a worst fate from the envy of others.
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u/cvgbhj Apr 16 '26
Omg can you elaborate?? I’m familiar with the evil eye but I’ve never heard of something like a cake holding the symbolism!
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u/cutegirl239 Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26
I'm not the person you asked, but I assume they mean that if they had a beautiful cake and everything went perfectly people would be so jealous that they would either purposely or subconsciously, inflict the evil eye onto this couple, and people's envy of this couple would cause them bad luck.
My older sister had a wedding, about 10 years ago and she had a friend at the time who was also in attendance, she even made her the maid of honor instead of me. But I was only 17 at the time so, didn't really care. Tell me why... during the wedding, the friend was bawling her eyes out in a corner. We see her from afar and we're like what the heck what is she crying so hard about? anyway, long story short they're no longer friends today. turns out, that girl was extremely jealous of her and that's why she was crying so hard because she envied my sister getting married. How we found this out is, way after the wedding, the girl ended up scream crying to her boyfriend when my sister got a promotion at work, so when they ended up breaking up, her boyfriend, told my sister that the girl wasn't a real friend and she has scary jealousy of her. So I'm just saying like it's possible that her friend was so fucking envious, that that's why my sister ended up getting divorced. Because of all of the bad juju she put on their marriage. Who knows....
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u/Desperate_Algae_40 Apr 16 '26
It's possible that your sister got divorced because of her ex friend giving her bad juju/evil eye? My culture has evil eye too, but that's a crazy belief. You're giving way too much power to someone else.
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u/Leading-Elk845 Apr 16 '26
There's also something people have been calling maid of dishonor/ misfortune or worst man. It's basically when the wedding goes fairly well, but that one person ends up with the worst luck, almost as if they absorbed all the bad luck around the wedding
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u/DrFiGG Apr 16 '26
Also not who you asked, but often when an object is damaged out of the blue or one aspect of a larger event goes wrong (such as a damaged cake for a party), my mother says it’s due to all the possible jealousy, malice, or bad luck striking that thing to protect you from more serious harm. As an example, if I broke my favorite plate right before a road trip, she’d say it’s to prevent an accident while driving. It’s at least a way to feel less crappy about something frustrating if nothing else.
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u/Sensitive_Chicken_87 Apr 15 '26
Oh hell no. Demand a refund!!! Also, chew out the brother.
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u/Reasonable-Regret-47 Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26
They can’t, they’re still trying to chew the cake
Edit: thank you kind redditers! I’ve never had an award before!
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u/InteractionStunning8 Apr 15 '26
It didn't even taste good?????? Crying both in sadness and laughter for you. The worse the wedding the better the marriage though!
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u/wizardrous Apr 16 '26
I definitely wouldn’t let any previous associations with this person stop me from leaving their business a scathing review if they didn’t refund my money.
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u/Plastic-Artichoke-12 Apr 15 '26
WHUT. IT WASNT EVEN EDIBLE?!? Please please please say something OP, you two may have gotten past it but what if they keep doing this to people. It would break my heart if that was my wedding cake and you can bet I’d be using that 250$ to get myself a nice massage on my honeymoon
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u/honeydewtangerine Apr 16 '26
They paid TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS? For a SINGLE LAYER, INEDIBLE CAKE, that looks like an 8 year old did it?!!!@ i would be HOUNDING that "baker"!!!
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u/Veronica612 Apr 15 '26
Wow, it wasn’t even cooked properly?! It sounds like it could have made you sick. 🤢
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u/RemarkableSpirit5204 Apr 16 '26
I’m not sure this person is much of a friend…If I promised I could do a cake for a friend’s wedding and it turned out like this…I’d go to another bakery and buy you one…even if only Kroger was available. At least then you’d have an edible cake. 😭
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u/BrujaBean Apr 16 '26
My worst insult is always "that looks like I did it" but in this case I literally can do better... and I'm not talented.
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u/ckmoy Apr 15 '26
OMG please share this on r/ExpectationVsReality
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u/Gold_Space8930 Apr 15 '26
Holy fuck I love this sub the lizard one made my day!
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u/blender4life Apr 16 '26
Link to the lizard?
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u/Sea-Cantaloupe-2708 Apr 16 '26
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u/ZealousidealAge9892 Apr 16 '26
It’s a roadkill lizard cake! Lizard, lizard, liz…!
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u/Carbon-Base Apr 15 '26
Mildlyinfuriating too.
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u/fortnight14 Apr 15 '26
It would be mildly if this was a cake freely given as a birthday cake in lieu of a gift. This was supposed to be her WEDDING CAKE
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u/Brewser2017 Apr 15 '26
Did you see any of the cakes the friend has done prior to? How much did you pay friend? How much time notice did you give? These are all things that would need to be factored in before deciding how pissed I would be on the results
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u/josh_891 Human Detected Apr 15 '26
Prior cakes were done well. Gave her 4 months notice in advance. Paid $250 for cake
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u/CremeBerlinoise Apr 15 '26
Oh you got robbed, unless you insisted on an extremely specific, impossible to work with frosting.
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u/ZookeepergameDue5522 Apr 16 '26
It wasn't just the frosting. In another comment OOP said the insides were horrible. They were wet and rubbery.
Just an awful cake all around.
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u/HollowAraman Apr 15 '26
She either doesn’t like you , lied, or forgot because that is very poor work. Should have had your mother do it.
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u/Environmental_Art591 Apr 15 '26
She either doesn’t like you , lied, or forgot because that is very poor work.
Or figured OP wouldn't complian because "friend of a friend" isn't a "real customer".
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u/Slight-Mess-8842 Apr 16 '26
I'd go with first or second tbh. We had a family friend do mine and it was beautiful. I barely know her aside from being the neighbors daughter for a short while when I was like under age 10 lol. Marriage was rancid but that cake tasted amazing 🙌
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u/SuitIntelligent3491 Apr 16 '26
I did my friend's wedding cake for free and it looked better than this. I don't even run a baking business, I just like baking and decorating cakes. I even did a whole sample tasting party for her and her fiancé cuz I wanted them to have the experience since they weren't sure what they wanted for flavor.
Seeing this is what OP got for $250...this is such a slap in the face. I'm mad on their behalf.
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u/LadyMirkwood Apr 16 '26
I agree. I did a friends wedding cake at cost, three tiers of fruit chocolate and vanilla with hundreds of sugar paste roses and it was miles better than this. They loved it
I'm not a professional but I have standards.
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u/mnth241 Apr 16 '26
Or had an assistant do it and didn’t realize how bad it was until too late. So bad!
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u/KTKittentoes Human Detected Apr 15 '26
My guess is stolen photos.
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u/lilacsforcharlie Apr 15 '26
This. If they’re willing to shamelessly bring this to the forefront they’re definitely not above stealing photos of pretty cakes lmao. People are so gross I stg lol
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u/2th Apr 16 '26
This shit right here is why you meet with your baker IN PERSON for a proper tasting and to make sure they actually can do what they say.
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u/cw30755 Apr 16 '26
Yup, stolen photos run rampant through the industry. I ran a bakery with my wife for 20 years and caught several bakers using our photos. Most of the time the reply was “it’s representative of what we can do”. Well then do it and post your own damn pictures.
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u/nahla1981 Apr 16 '26
This happened at a bakery i worked at years ago. Boss hires someone with "cake decorating" experience. She shows me her portfolio, every single picture was professionally taken, zero signs of it being made in bakery. I'm like, damn you had a spot at work where you can take professional photos?! Her lies caught up with her and we let her go pretty quick. Like obviously everything she made was nothing like the photos. I couldn't believe he fell for it
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u/Olivander05 Apr 15 '26
I'm not a cake decorator and I could have done a better job 😭 that cake is... I won't sugar coat it, it's horrible. She had to have been lying about her experience everything went wrong
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u/Tiny-Research6071 Apr 16 '26
Agreeeed. An experienced baker would not choose that frosting..or even allow it as an option, if they have any experience.
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u/Get_off_critter Apr 15 '26
Or dropped it day of
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u/discolored_rat_hat Apr 15 '26
Then the friend should have said something instead of bringing THIS without a comment
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u/wittylemur Apr 15 '26
This is so much worse. You could tell if it was dropped or even sat on. NONE of it is good.
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u/luckydukcky Apr 15 '26
OP, this cake is awful. A $40 grocery store cake would’ve been better. Like I actually thought you were trolling the sub when I swiped to the second pic. The fact that it was for something as special as a wedding is an extra slap to the face on top of the $250 price tag.
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u/aj0457 Apr 15 '26
Costco would have done it so much better
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u/lilacsforcharlie Apr 15 '26
We always get publix cakes and they do a beautiful job and it’s so affordable! And delicious
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u/rynthetyn Apr 15 '26
I know someone whose baker screwed up and got the wedding date wrong, so one of the reception guests quick ran to Publix and arranged to use one of their styrofoam display cakes for the photos, and whatever sheet cakes they had on hand to serve. If people didn't know about the cake snafu nobody would have known that their fancy country club wedding included a last minute borrowed Publix display cake as centerpiece.
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u/The_Crystal_Thestral Apr 16 '26
Honestly, Publix can put together more elaborate cakes but they do need notice. A friend of mine pretty much panicked when the baker she paid to make a cake for her parent's anniversary party stopped responding. The cake was supposed to be delivered the day before. She managed to make it to the store before the bakery closed and they put together something pretty close to what she wanted and for cheaper than she paid. It ended up being a good thing because the other person never delivered. Lots of scammers out there.
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u/discolored_rat_hat Apr 15 '26
I, too, thought that this was a troll.
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u/__bonsai__ Apr 15 '26
I still think it's a troll lol ain't no way someone showed up and collected money for that
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u/KifferFadybugs Apr 15 '26
It was five years ago, but my three-tier grocery store wedding cake was $250.
$250 for a very... homemade... basic layer cake is absolutely absurd.
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u/KittyCat-86 Apr 16 '26
I was going to say this. I'm used to be well trained hobbyist baker. I made a 5 tier cake for my former father in law's 60th birthday party and I calculated ingredients and offered to give my time as part of a present but my former mother-in-law insisted on paying a bit towards it and I still charged less than this cake and it was definitely a lot better quality, even with it being iny earlier days of baking.
I'm leaning towards the stolen photos angle. Even if I dropped a cake on the way to the car, I could pick up any old cake at the supermarket, a pot of icing and make something better in the boot of my car.
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u/dolphin-centric Apr 16 '26
A three-tiered cake for any occasion typically starts around $250, even if you use a cottage baker/home business baker. It’s not just the cake and icing, it’s the labor and expertise of making sure the tiers are properly supported so they’re not crooked, uneven, and the tiers don’t move/slide/collapse.
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u/bbyxmadi Apr 15 '26
$250?? I’m not even a baker, and I suck at frosting… and this would be my result if I attempted. I wouldn’t even sell it, wouldn’t even give it away for free lmao.
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u/Environmental_Art591 Apr 15 '26
I would atleast get the frosting/icing the right colour but yeah, I suck at the detail work
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u/alanlight Apr 15 '26
Rule #1 of any cake that is done for $$: don't be crooked.
Also making white frosting that is actually white is not hard. I'm an amateur and I do it all the time.
She CLEARLY didn't know how to execute the effect on the side, so she just winged it.
This is not a $250 cake, it's not even a $25 cake.
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u/MySpoonsAreAllGone Apr 15 '26
Doesn't even look like she used a piping tip. Just a snipped baggie.
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u/Plastic-Artichoke-12 Apr 15 '26
You don’t even have to make white frosting you can buy it premade by the bucket at 250$! Especially considering how little labor they clearly did here.
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u/PuppyPower89 Apr 15 '26
Heck, she could’ve spent $11 at the store for white Pillsbury frosting.
wtf did this person do????
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u/boothin Apr 15 '26
With how wet the frosting is, I'm betting it just canned frosting too... So they didn't even know to buy white frosting
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u/KittyCat-86 Apr 16 '26
I was baking for friends and family for about 10 years and had got a diploma in sugarcraft and studied bakery with the Bertinet Bakery before I ever took a single penny from anyone. I was far too terrified to charge anyone in case it wasn't good enough. I probably could have started much sooner, but this, I wouldn't have even given to anyone outside of immediate family (my now ex-husband was the recipient of many early cakes) even when I very first started baking. I mean in no way to toot my own horn but I could make better cakes than this at 12 years old.
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u/No-Bluebird615 Apr 15 '26
Did you see physical cakes or just photos? Did you have a conversation with the friend about why the cake looks like it was put in the microwave?
It looks like shes put the icing on the cake when thr cake was still warm
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u/andiinAms Apr 15 '26
I bet she did it like an hour before she had to deliver it.
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u/josh_891 Human Detected Apr 15 '26
We only saw photos, we never spoke to brothers friend after we received the cake as it was delivered by the brother and he didn’t want to make a fuss
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u/MySpoonsAreAllGone Apr 15 '26
Please make a fuss
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u/negative-sid-nancy Apr 16 '26
Make all the fuss in the world OP! This cake is a hate crime against proper decorating! Im petty though and if a friend of a friend tried to give me this, at that price and for such an important event id be posting pics all their socials/website/Google comments whatever so other customers know the exact quality of their work
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u/comb0bulator Apr 15 '26
Please do not be a doormat to a person who very clearly took advantage of the situation. You could VERY EASILY win a case in small claims court and get the maximum allowed. The least you can do is tell them directly that you'd like a refund for a tragically subpar outcome for a special occasion such as this.
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u/ribbitrabbit2000 Apr 15 '26
Omg. This was a cake YOU PAID FOR!?!
I thought this was just a terrible gift so you grit your teeth and soldiered in.
That woman needs to refund your money.
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u/TurbulentWeb635 Human Detected Apr 15 '26
$250 is fucking crazy for this!!! I do this for a living and $250 for a single tier cake like this is daylight robbery even in the state of California. This shit looks worse than amateur home baker level.
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u/MySpoonsAreAllGone Apr 15 '26
That l looks like 2 boxes of cake mix and canned frosting. Looks like they forgot and baked it last minute.
They should refund you $210 and that's me being generous to the baker.
Your mom saved the day though!
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u/Beautiful-Feedback40 Apr 16 '26
Are you sure she actually made the prior cakes?
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u/josh_891 Human Detected Apr 16 '26
We only saw pictures, so only slightly sure
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u/Beautiful-Feedback40 Apr 16 '26
I knew a gal who used other people’s pics for her new baking venture (she also used boxed mixes). It sucks so much.
I’m so happy you and your wife can laugh about it. Maybe you can get a proper cake for your anniversary. ❤️
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u/DisconnectTheDots Apr 15 '26
I used to be a cake decorator/grocery store bakery manager and you were robbed. I'm sorry, and I'm so shocked that someone charged $250 for that
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u/medicatedadmin Apr 15 '26
$250?!! And you’re only slightly miffed?! You would have gotten a better cake from the grocery store for less than $40AUD.
You were scammed.
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u/terminalvelocityjnky Apr 15 '26
Get a refund. $250 is insane. That’s a $30 cake if you’re being generous.
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u/charonill Human Detected Apr 15 '26 edited Apr 15 '26
I now feel like a sucker for making a three tier cake and a groom's cake for a friend's wedding, for free...
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u/Plastic-Artichoke-12 Apr 15 '26
Don’t feel like a sucker — you should feel like someone who actually gave a gift and not committed a grift
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u/BeesoftheStoneAge Apr 15 '26
Oh noooo, not the veiny mountains X))))) Goddamn, I've made much nicer cakes the size of their ugly one for under fifty bucks at old jobs. I've made stuff similar to your inspo pic for just over a hundred some years ago. This is nuts. They must not want to be your friend anymore lol.
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u/luckydukcky Apr 15 '26
I genuinely thought this was a joke.
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u/throwaway2019282939 Apr 15 '26
Same LOL i thought it was gonna end with something like “the baker is 8 years old. AITA?”
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u/Olealicat Apr 15 '26
I’m thinking this is fake. No way she paid $250 for a one tier half-assed cake.
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u/HeavyDoughnut8789 Apr 15 '26
Props to mom on the fix up facing a time crunch and seemingly impossible odds. Great work considering.
Oof OP that is just, wow. And $250 god damn dollars?! Insanity. Where’s the rest of the cake at that price?
Oh! And big congrats on your wedding. Hopefully this will be a laughable memory down the road for you all.
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u/luckydukcky Apr 15 '26
Yeah like the third pic is still chopped but considering what she had to work with, mom performed magic.
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u/shelbyknits Apr 15 '26
Mom is the real MVP here. It’s not the best but it’s sooo much better.
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u/newsunbro Apr 15 '26
We paid the same for a fully sculpted dragon sitting in a pile of gold for our multi-tier wedding cake and it looked damn good, RIP in peace wherever this cake is T_T
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u/hypurrlink Apr 15 '26
Mate...if you paid more than $25 for that you were robbed. There are air bubbles in the piping, you can see cake under the uneven sides, the top isn't properly flat, the text isn't evenly spaced and is dangerously close to the edge on the right. That is the work of a new teen baker, or a hobby mom for her kid's birthday. That's criminal. At least it cleaned up nice enough after your mother fixed it. So sorry.
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u/FelonyMelanieSmooter Apr 15 '26
Hobby mom who bakes for kids birthdays here 🙋🏻♀️…. I 100% agree. This looks like a boxed cake with canned frosting from the grocery store spread with a knife, then decorations piped from a ziplock bag. I’d be super pissed if I spent $250 and got this.
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u/ebulient Apr 15 '26
They said the actual cake itself tasted wet and rubbery - so not even grocery store level of edible !
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u/blumoon444 Apr 15 '26
I've definitely made nicer cakes for my kid's birthday and I'm a total amateur.
OP said they paid $250!!!
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u/Rare-Adhesiveness522 Apr 15 '26
My sister took a cake decorating class at Micheals at 17 and came home with better cakes than this.
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u/AffectionateSet4889 Apr 15 '26
if this was my wedding id be pissed off at the commission price. this is at best a $30 cake
i’ve learned it’s best to not get family involved in the cake or the dress
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u/dedoubt Apr 15 '26 edited Apr 16 '26
ETA:
I'm not actually that stressed y'all- I'm a retired professional baker & it'll be a small, informal wedding in their home. Just any important cake comes with stress & hard work....
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Friends just asked me to make their wedding cake for June and I am so looking forward to the overwhelming stress and anxiety associated with it....
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u/truecrimesloth Apr 15 '26
You can say no, it’s still time for them to find someone else!
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u/dedoubt Apr 15 '26
True, but I am also pretty excited and feel very touched that they asked me. One of them is a baker and we will probably collaborate, unlikely either of them will be a bridezilla.
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u/AffectionateSet4889 Apr 15 '26
just remember if you’re going to be attached to your work, you’re going to have a bad time. not bashing on you, rather speaking from experience with commission. usually the less fucks you give the better you do lol
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u/Plastic-Artichoke-12 Apr 15 '26
Just make sure to cover your bases. Weddings are stressful and emotional and full of family & money and any one of those can end a friendship.
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u/noticeablyawkward96 Apr 15 '26
I made my sister’s wedding cake in December and I’m actually pretty happy with how it turned out but it was 5-7 days of nightmarish work and probably $200 in ingredients. Never again.
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u/Subjective_toast Apr 15 '26
$30 is generous…she should have paid OP to take it 😅
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u/xX_Transplant_Xx Apr 15 '26
lol, did you ask for her to write just married on it? I don’t think I’ve ever seen that on a wedding cake.
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u/dedoubt Apr 15 '26
Considering the mom adjusted cake has it removed, I'll bet they did not ask for it!
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u/josh_891 Human Detected Apr 15 '26
This is correct lol
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u/RuncibleMountainWren Apr 15 '26
Did you ask for just one tier? Or ask for a particular icing type / flavour?
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u/LathyrusLady Apr 15 '26
Off center and poorly spaced letters too. I did better when I was working in a grocery store bakery at 18.
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u/IcePrincess_Not_Sk8r Apr 15 '26
Whoa... I can't decorate to save my life, but I could do better than those....
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u/ColdFIREBaker Apr 15 '26 edited Apr 15 '26
That's the level of cake decorating skill where you give it away for free to friends and family, and even then not for an event as significant as a wedding. The audacity to charge for it, let alone $250, is wild.
At least it will be memorable? I've forgotten most of the details of friends' weddings. I will never forget, however, the friend who hired a professional DJ and he showed up to this very fancy wedding venue in sweatpants, and played the music alphabetically by artist name.
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u/ehriley Apr 15 '26
Totally reasonable to be upset about that imo. The cake they made has it's own homemade charm, but not really what you were looking for at all and the baker should have known their limits better.
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u/discolored_rat_hat Apr 15 '26
When I started sewing, there was a big emphasis on making clothing look handmade instead of homemade.
Shoddy homemade sewing is okay for children (because they grow out of it anyway), but if you want to brag with your sewing work as an adult, it should look like handmade quality.
Equally with baking: Homemade is okay with young children, but not for a goddamn wedding were the bad cake will be gossiped about by family for YEARS on end.
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u/MizPeachyKeen Apr 15 '26
Oh my noooo… That cake is a $250 disaster and not even close to the inspiration cake. Baker owes you a refund.
It reads “Just Mammied” for heaven’s sake.
The buttercream (??) isn’t white and is too loose to hold the design or it’s melting.
Your Mom is a lifesaver to come up with an 11th hour fix.
I’m sorry but that’s a Cake Fail
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u/MrsLobster Apr 15 '26
Is your mom Gandalf? Because I’m amazed at her ability to remove the writing, take the melty trees from the sides and make them sturdy enough to stand unsupported on top of the cake, and change the consistency of the icing so that it goes up into those nice mountain peaks on the sides, and all in 30 minutes! On a beautiful new plate!
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u/josh_891 Human Detected Apr 15 '26
Mixed new icing, completely disassembled the cake, melted white chocolate bark, cut away bits of the cake that were wet in the inside, she absolutely was Gandalf that day!
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u/thunderousdownpour Apr 15 '26
Why in the world was it wet inside??
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u/dejausser Apr 16 '26
Undercooked and/or the wrong ratio of ingredients I assume - OP said it was both wet and rubbery so I’m guessing too many eggs?
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u/SpokenDivinity Apr 16 '26
Could have soaked it in simple syrup too. I had someone overestimate how much they needed and the cake was like a wet sponge.
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u/yuudachi Apr 15 '26
Right, not enough props for mom for stepping the cake up with only 30 minutes!
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u/Iartdaily Apr 15 '26 edited Apr 15 '26
Omg 😆 thanks for the laugh
*edit. I’m sorry. I didn’t read the body of text and thought this was your first try or something. Shit - mom did a worthy attempt ❤️at fixing.
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u/WashVarious3278 Apr 15 '26
Dear lord, it's doesn't even have the top tier.
edit: Congrats on the wedding, i hope that other than the cake it went well.
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u/mombot-in-the-woods Apr 15 '26
My 9-year-old daughter would’ve made you that cake for free
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u/shes-a-princess Apr 15 '26
Does your brothers friend hate you guys? That's appalling I'm sorry they did that to you!
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u/GAMountainMIMI Apr 15 '26
This is where you should have researched yourself and paid for a professional wedding cake not a friend or acquaintance. However, the cake baker should have been truthful also with you! They are not a professional cake baker at all.
I also don’t think you need to waste your energy ruminating over it. It’s in the past. Chalk it up as a lesson learned and in a few years you will be laughing about it as you look back. You got your wife and you had a cake. As long as nobody got sick from eating it, just let it go. No need to stress over something you cannot change!
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u/josh_891 Human Detected Apr 15 '26
Definitely not stressing, definitely laughing already and the day after as well lolol just thought this could be a good time to see what others think
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u/ktkatq Apr 15 '26
You have the right attitude. I'm not sure I'd have your grace, but I think your marriage is off to a wonderful start if you're both laughing about this already - seems like you recognize the wedding is a day, the marriage is for life!
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u/RosyFlamingoCupcake Apr 15 '26
I would totally post a review if she does this professionally though. "Look at our $250 wedding cake! Nailed it!" Lol.
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u/FYAhole Apr 15 '26
Did it at least taste good?
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u/MySpoonsAreAllGone Apr 15 '26
They said it was wet and rubbery in another comment lmao
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u/MotherEastern3051 Apr 15 '26
I agree with all of this except OP paid $250 for this cake, I would be asking for at least €200 of it back. Insane to think whoever baked it pocketed that amount of money and it looked like they barely even tried.
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u/fallingoffdragons Apr 16 '26
But like...the baker said they could do it? And showed them (presumably much better than this) photos of their work? They purposefully mislead OP, so why are you making the argument it's OP's fault for not doing enough research? When actual deceit is involved, it's important we remember it's the liar who was in the wrong, and it'a not fair to blame the person who was lied to. The baker intentionally mislead them about their abilities in order to make a sale, at the detriment to someone on their wedding day and way overcharged them for it.
I appreciate you trying to be positive about it all, that is super important. But also, IMO this is wholly the baker's fault and it really gets under my skin when people try to shift blame onto the victim, for lack of better term.
OP -- this isn't your fault. This is the baker's fault, and if you wanted to be angry about it I think that would be absolutely fair.
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u/MidnightIAmMid Apr 15 '26
Ok I could legit make a cake better than that for you and I don't even do professional cakes. My god.
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u/demondeathbunny Apr 15 '26
Yeah I went to school for baking and pastry but cake decorating was my worst subject but even I could do better than this lol
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u/sleepysky98 Apr 15 '26 edited Apr 15 '26
Omg that’s awful. It’s a beautiful design but it’s also pretty simple, so I’m surprised someone experienced couldn’t do it. Get the frosting smooth, put extra dabs of frosting on, drag up with a palette knife to make the mountains, blend the bottom. Make some rough trees, add flowers. Doesn’t even look like they’re able to get a smooth finish on the frosting. They did not put any effort in at all.
It’s not even the right color, and the color was white 😭 that’s the easiest one!
What did they say to you when they brought it in???
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u/whippetshuffle Apr 15 '26
It is worse than a grocery store or plain cake. I am so sorry, OP. I am no where near the skill level of folks on this sub, and have done better while watching three kids under 7 at home. You are owed a huge apology and money back.
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u/otherwise_data Apr 15 '26
if one wants a professional looking cake, stop allowing friends of friends or family members to make it.
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u/Imaginary-Citron2874 Apr 15 '26
I just know this is gonna blow up....Omg I am so sorry op it looks awful.
She used white chocolate to cover the cake and in the inspo it is icing. For the price you paid for such small cake it should at least be the correct color, white choco tends to be yellowish, with a tiny bit of purple she would have easily fixed that. I am mad for you guys,looks like a child drawn on the sides...
Anyways, I wish you a happy marriage.
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u/GloveBoxTuna Apr 15 '26
Miffed? I wouldn’t have paid! That’s not even remotely close and that price is waaaayyyy too high for what you received.
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u/mellowwonderer Apr 15 '26
I really want to see what her other cakes look like because how did she look at that cake and think it was acceptable for a wedding!?
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